deuterocanonical definition

August 15, 2017 AZ Dictionary

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adjective:

Bible Of, associated with, or becoming a second canon, specially that consisting of chapters of the Old and brand new Testaments maybe not included in the initial Roman Catholic canon but acknowledged by theologians in 1548 on Council of Trent.

becoming of the second canon of Old-Testament of this Bible, and unaccepted by some Christians. A book which can be an element of the Apocrypha.

Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.